CHERUBIN D'ORLEANS

La Dioptrique oculaire ou la theorique, la positive et la mecanique de l'oculaire dioptrique in toutes especes

Paris: Jolly and Bernard, 1671

First edition.

Folio, [23] ff, 419 pp., [15] ff, frontispiece, 60 engraved plates (two double page).

Contemporary calf, gilt spine.

In this work, Cherubin d'Orleans presents a comprehensive description of optical instruments, optical observations, and optical theory, including two striking pictures of the moon at two different phases and a picture and description of the first binocular telescope.

from Cherubin d'orleans, La Dioptrique oculaire, Paris 1671.